Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Haley Elizabeth Plaas, North Carolina Sea Grant/Albemarle Pamlico National Estuary Partnership Research Fellow
In eastern North Carolina, the water quality of the Chowan River and Albemarle Sound is threatened by the recent expansion of toxin-producing, cyanobacterial algal blooms. There are well documented human health effects associated with the consumption of cyanotoxins through drinking water or food supply, but the potential risks associated with the inhalation of airborne toxins have received much less attention. Next summer, with the help of citizen scientist volunteers and the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, Plaas will be conducting a field study to better understand the environmental factors that promote toxin production in this region and to evaluate the presence of toxins in the air we breathe.
Haley Elizabeth Plaas, North Carolina Sea Grant/Albemarle Pamlico National Estuary Partnership Research Fellow
In eastern North Carolina, the water quality of the Chowan River and Albemarle Sound is threatened by the recent expansion of toxin-producing, cyanobacterial algal blooms. There are well documented human health effects associated with the consumption of cyanotoxins through drinking water or food supply, but the potential risks associated with the inhalation of airborne toxins have received much less attention. Next summer, with the help of citizen scientist volunteers and the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, Plaas will be conducting a field study to better understand the environmental factors that promote toxin production in this region and to evaluate the presence of toxins in the air we breathe.
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